diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index c0094b2..5580d73 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Barbican Specs'
-copyright = u'%s, OpenStack Barbican Team' % datetime.date.today().year
+project = 'Barbican Specs'
+copyright = '%s, OpenStack Barbican Team' % datetime.date.today().year
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ latex_elements = {
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Barbican-specs.tex', u'Barbican Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Barbican Team', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'Barbican-specs.tex', 'Barbican Specs',
+   'OpenStack Barbican Team', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Barbican-specs', u'Barbican Design Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Barbican Team', 'barbican-specs', 'Design specifications for the Barbican project.',
+  ('index', 'Barbican-specs', 'Barbican Design Specs',
+   'OpenStack Barbican Team', 'barbican-specs', 'Design specifications for the Barbican project.',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 # -- Options for Epub output ---------------------------------------------------
 
 # Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
-epub_title = u'Barbican Specs'
-epub_author = u'OpenStack Barbican Team'
-epub_publisher = u'OpenStack Barbican Team'
-epub_copyright = u'2014, OpenStack Barbican Team'
+epub_title = 'Barbican Specs'
+epub_author = 'OpenStack Barbican Team'
+epub_publisher = 'OpenStack Barbican Team'
+epub_copyright = '2014, OpenStack Barbican Team'
 
 # The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
 # or en if the language is not set.